Acts 15:13-34 Dear RTB’ers, Although we hail the Council of Jerusalem as a true success, with unity and leadership and some measure of compromise, I am troubled by one item: …we have heard that some persons have gone out from us and troubled you with words, unsettling your minds, although we gave them no instructions… …
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June 2 / Acts 15:1-12
Acts 15:1-12 Dear RTB’ers, First, a couple of brief geographical items… Paul and Barnabas (and a large contingent of Christians) are based in “Antioch”. This “Antioch” is Syrian Antioch, about 300 miles north of Jerusalem, on the northeast coast of the Mediterranean Sea, as opposed to Pisidian Antioch, which Paul and Barnabas had visited in …
June 1 / Acts 14:13-28
Acts 14:13-28 Dear RTB’ers, Happy June! Remember our RTB gathering tomorrow after coffee hour. It’s so strange that Jews from Antioch would come all the way to Lystra (130 miles) just to harass Paul and Barnabas. Iconium was only 20 miles from Lystra, so some Jews from Antioch had probably followed Paul and Barnabas to …
June 2024 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Jun Acts 14:13-28 16 02-Jun Acts 15:1-12 12 03-Jun Acts 15:13-34 22 04-Jun Acts 15:35-16:5 12 05-Jun Acts 16:6-15 10 06-Jun Acts 16:16-40 25 07-Jun Acts 17:1-15 15 08-Jun Acts 17:16-34 19 09-Jun Acts 18:1-17 17 10-Jun Acts 18:18-28 11 11-Jun Acts 19:1-20 20 12-Jun Acts 19:21-41 21 13-Jun Acts 20:1-16 16 …
May 31 / Acts 14:1-12
Acts 14:1-12 Dear RTB’ers, Today, again a short reading, only twelve verses. Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands. (v. 3) Luke makes a powerful statement here, that the …
May 30 / Acts 13:44-52
Acts 13:44-52 Dear RTB’ers, Today, only nine verses. But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him. (v. 45) Here we see the Jewish leaders’ jealousy, even though in the previous verse “almost the whole city” had gathered to hear Paul …
May 29 / Acts 13:13-43
Acts 13:13-43 Dear RTB’ers, Today we continue with Paul and Barnabas on their first missionary journey, as they move on from the island of Cyprus to the mainland of modern-day Turkey. Today we see for the first time a pattern that Paul follows, to first go to the local synagogue in every city, therein to …
May 28 / Acts 12:25-13:12
Acts 12:25-13:12 Dear RTB’ers, Today we return to Acts. Thus far in Acts the focus has mostly been on the church in Jerusalem and the apostles’ ministry in neighboring cities. Now the focus becomes the church at Antioch, some 300 miles north of Jerusalem, about twice as far from Jerusalem as Damascus. There are two …
May 27 / Exodus 19-20
Exodus 19-20 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s continue to pray for Mary G. as she recuperates from knee replacement surgery. Today, the Ten Commandments. It’s our last day in Exodus for a while; we’ll finish this book after spending more time in Acts. Put yourself into today’s reading…!! The POWER that God brings, …thunders and lightnings and …
May 26 / Exodus 18
Exodus 18 Dear RTB’ers, Let’s continue to pray for Mary G. as she recuperates from knee replacement surgery. It’s easy to forget that Moses was a family man, with a wife and two sons. We first met Zipporah when Moses had exiled himself to Midian after killing an Egyptian. There he married Zipporah. However, after …